Category: German Football

Borussia Dortmund are back to winning ways under recently appointed manager Peter Stoger. Die Schwarzgelben thrashed their hosts Mainz 2-0 to win their first game after a nine-game winless run. Mainz should have scored first but Suat Serdar’s long distance effort hit the post. He got another chance when Emil Berggreen nodded the ball down…

German side Borussia Dortmund have completed the deal for Ukrainian AndriyYarmolenkofor an undisclosed fee. The German Bundesliga outfit announced the deal just before Barcelona revealed that they have snapped up their target Ousmane Dembele. The Catalan side wants Dembele to be the long term replacement for Brazilian forward Neymar Jr., who moved to Paris St…

In failing to sustain his magic during his time at Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp left the Westfalenstadion with a fan base girded with the fear of how the hell they were going to not fall into the very oblivion every bundesliga team that challenged Bayern Munich for the past decade fell. Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Schalke…

German side Borussia Dortmund had their team bus attacked as they set out to play Monaco in the Champions League. A player Marc Bartra and a policeman picked up injuries in the triple-blast incident. Initially, there were fears that it was a terror attack as early investigations saw notes that had a link to Islamic…

World football apex body FIFA has announced the releasing of the Director of Women Football Tatjana Haenni. She held the post for 18 years but the organization decided to “restructure” things. “In November last year, Sarai Bareman was appointed Chief Football Officer. She heads the newly created Women’s Football Division and reports directly to FIFA…

Thomas Tuchel Dortmund’s manager has refuted claims of a training bust-up with striker Mario Gotze. Reports in German media suggested a bust-up ensued between Tuchel and Gotze because of the player’s insipid performance during a passing drill. Gotze, who returned to Borussia Dortmund after a disappointing stint with archrival Bayern Munich, has so far not…

Looking at Bayern Munich’s rise to top German football, it is clear that it is the ultimate revenge mission for the club. According to Uli Hesse’s book, “Bayern: Creating a Global Superclub,” they were not allowed into top flight football in Germany when it was set-up in 1963. After breaking through, the club has won…

German football will be wishing its two star players Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski farewell from the international scene in a football game in their honour, according to the apex football body in Germany – the DFB. Both players retired recently from international football, Schweinsteiger in July and Podolski this week. Schweinsteiger played for 12…

Schweinsteiger took to his profile on Facebook to address the fans regarding the disappointment of the team to lift the trophy in France, despite being the favourites. The failure to do so was The German football at the tournament was decent and even in the game against the hosts, the former Bayern Munich player says…

Oliver Bierhoff provides his support to Jerome Boateng after racist remarks from German politician The general manager of the German national team Oliver Bierhoff has provided his support to Jerome Boateng, who has been the subject of racist remarks from a German politician. Bierhoff has stated that Boateng has not been affected by the comments…